From The Archives: About Story Beginnings

While I’m on vacation this week, I’m diving into my archives for a look at some of my favorite old posts. You voted on what you want to see, and this is the result. The following was originally published in April of 2010. Enjoy!
It’s been a while since I’ve answered some of your [...]

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Ask Daphne! About That Prologue…

I could get addicted to this NaMaReMo thing. I feel so accomplished! In the spirit of getting back to you as quickly as possible, let’s dive into the mailbox, shall we? From Dan:
For the “first three pages” that we are to include with our query letters, do we consider the prologue? In the case [...]

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Ask Daphne! About Story Beginnings

It’s been a while since I’ve answered some of your questions, so I think that’s going to be the plan for this week. If you have a burning publishing or writing question you’d like me to address in a future post, send me an email at daphne.unfeasible@gmail.com. Today’s question comes from Barb, who [...]

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Ask Daphne! What do I do with my prologue?

Just the very tip of a shoe for Samantha, who asks, “If you have a prologue, should you include it in the first three or five pages you send to an agent?”

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